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Star pianist & composer Daniil Trifonov burst onto the international music scene at the International Chopin Competition in 2010. He then went on to win the Grand Prize at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition performing Chopin’s 1st Piano Concerto in the final round. Daniil Trifonov stands for virtuosity, musical poetry and evocative power. He is the world’s top young pianist today – and the music of Chopin is close to his heart. The album features world premiere recordings of both Piano Concertos in fascinating orchestrations by pianist-composer Mikhail Pletnev. Pletnev also conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in performances of exceptional detail, lyrical freedom and chamber music-like transparency. The solo works include some of Chopin’s earliest (Variations on “La ci darem la mano” Op. 2) and latest (Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66) works, together with the rarely-heard Rondo Op. 73a for two pianos, a devilishly difficult piece here performed by Trifonov together with his friend and mentor, Sergei Babayan. The atmospheric tenth variation of Mompou’s Variations on a Theme of Chopin is entitled “Evocation” and, in its poigant transformation of Chopin’s famous melodies, inspired the name of this album. |
| No | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) | ||
| Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21 (Arr. By Mikhail Pletnev) | ||
| Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21 | ||
| 1 | 1. Maestoso | (15:41) |
| 2 | 2. Larghetto | (10:20) |
| Daniil Trifonov, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev | ||
| Total Playing Time 26:01 | ||
| LP 1 / Side 2: Chopin Evocations | ||
| Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) | ||
| Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21 (Arr. By Mikhail Pletnev) | ||
| Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21 | ||
| 1 | 3. Allegro vivace | (8:50) |
| Daniil Trifonov, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev | ||
| 2 | Variations On "La ci darem la mano", Op. 2 | (17:03) |
| Daniil Trifonov | ||
| Total Playing Time 25:53 | ||
| LP 2 / Side 1: Chopin Evocations | ||
| Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) | ||
| Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11 (Arr. By Mikhail Pletnev) | ||
| Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11 | ||
| 1 | 1. Allegro maestoso | (21:59) |
| Daniil Trifonov, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev | ||
| Total Playing Time 21:59 | ||
| LP 2 / Side 2: Chopin Evocations | ||
| Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) | ||
| Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11 (Arr. By Mikhail Pletnev) | ||
| Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11 | ||
| 1 | 2. Romance. Larghetto | (11:06) |
| 2 | 3. Rondo. Vivace | (9:42) |
| Daniil Trifonov, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev | ||
| Total Playing Time 20:48 | ||
| LP 3 / Side 1: Chopin Evocations | ||
| Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) | ||
| Carnaval, Op.9 | ||
| 1 | 12. Chopin | (1:30) |
| Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907) | ||
| Moods, Op.73 | ||
| 2 | 5. Étude "Hommage à Chopin" | (1:51) |
| Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981) | ||
| 3 | Nocturne, Op. 33 | (4:10) |
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) | ||
| 18 Pieces, Op. 72, TH 151 | ||
| 18 Pieces, Op.72, TH 151 | ||
| 4 | 15. Un poco di Chopin | (2:52) |
| Daniil Trifonov | ||
| Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) | ||
| 5 | Rondo In C Major, Op.73 | (8:48) |
| Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan | ||
| Total Playing Time 19:11 | ||
| LP 3 / Side 2: Chopin Evocations | ||
| Federico Mompou (1893 – 1987) | ||
| 1 | Variations On A Theme By Chopin | (20:33) |
| Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) | ||
| 2 | Fantaisie-Impromptu In C Sharp Minor, Op. 66 | (5:36) |
| Daniil Trifonov | ||
| Total Playing Time 26:09 | ||
